At the beginning of 2010, Lehman Company acquired equipment costing $90,000. It

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At the beginning of 2010, Lehman Company acquired equipment costing $90,000. It was estimated that this equipment would have a useful life of 6 years and a residual value of $9,000 at that time. The straight-line method of depreciation was considered the most appropriate to use with this type of equipment. Depreciation is to be recorded at the end of each year.
During 2012 (the third year of the equipment's life), the company's engineers reconsidered their expectations, and estimated that the equipment's useful life would probably be 7 years (in total) instead of 6 years. The estimated residual value was not changed at that time. However, during 2015 the estimated residual value was reduced to $5,000.

Instructions

Indicate how much depreciation expense should be recorded each year for this equipment, by completing the following table.

Year


Depreciation Expense


Accumulated Depreciation
2010 $ $
2011 $ $
2012 $ $
2013 $ $
2014 $ $
2015 $ $
2016 $ $

Explanation / Answer

Solution: For 2010 and 2011 (cost - salvage)/#yrs useful life 90,000 - 9,000 / 6 = $13,500 depreciation for each of the two years, NOTE: as of "end of year1=beginning year2" (for example in year 1 you expense 13,500 in depreciation, at the beginning of year 2 your accumulated depr is 13,500)

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